Area-cesspool.



G. W. SCHODDE.

A REA GESSPOOL. APPLIOATION FILED AUG. 23, 1909.

Patented 001;. 22, 1912.

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ATTORNEY UNITED STATES PATENT oFFIoE.

GEORGE W. SCHODDE, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR IO FANNY J'. MEYER, OFNEW YORK, N. Y.

AREA-CESSPOOL.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE W. Scnonnn, a citizen of the United States,residing at the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, county and Stateof New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inArea-Cesspools, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactspecification.

My invention relates to improvements in plumbing and the same has forits object more particularly to provide an area or courtyard drain whichmay be readily connected to a waste or drain pipe, and which is soconstructed as to be readily taken apart to remove any solid matterwhich may gather or collect therein.

Further, said invention has for its object to provide an area cesspoolby means of which all water or fluid entering the same may be fullydrained off andthus prevent the freezing of fluid therein and thecracking or breaking of the cesspool.

Further, said invention has for its object to provide a cesspool havinga catch-basin in the form of an inner receptacle provided with outletswhich catch-basin may be bodily removed from the cesspool when itbecomes necessary to clean the same, or obtain access tothe waste pipeor drain leading therefrom.

To the attainment of the aforesaid objects and ends my inventionconsists in the novel details of construction, and in the combination,connect-ion and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully described,and then pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification, whereinlike numerals of reference indicate like parts, Figure 1 is a sectionalView of an area cesspool constructed according to and embodying my saidinvention, said section being taken on the'line 1'-1 of Fig. 2; Fig. 2is a top view partly broken away to show the interior of the cesspool,and Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view showing the catch-basin removedfrom the cesspool.

In said drawings 10 designates an outer receptacle which is herein shownas of rec tan ular outline and having its sides 11, 11 inclined andstepped to produce a shoulder Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed August 23,1909.

Patented Oct. 22, 1912.

Serial No. 514,196.

12. At the bottom of said receptacle is pro vided a sleeve portion 13within which may be secured one end of a waste pipe or drain, and alongthe upper edge of said receptacle 10 is provided a laterally-projectingrecessed flange l0.

14 denotes a flashing of lead or other suitable material, whichsurrounds the reduced end of said outer receptacle and is securedagainst the underside of the shoulder 1.2 by means of a rectangularcollar 15 and screws 16 extending through said collarand flashing intosaid receptacle 10. Upon the inner side of the receptacle 10 adjacent toits corners are provided lugs 16 16.

17 denotes a removable catch-basin which is made substantiallyrectangular in outline with tapered sides and provided at its upper edgewith a laterally-projecting rectangular flange 18 of unequal width butconforming in outline substantially with the interior of the receptacle10, and adapted to be supported upon the upper ends of the projections16 16 upon the inner sides of said receptacle.

The catch-basin 17 and its flange 18 are so arranged that the bodyportion of the catch-basin when in position within the re ceptacle 10will be nearer to one of its edges than the remaining edges or sides ofsaid receptacle 10 in order to provide a relatively wide free space 19through which fluid may pass to the waste pipe or drain. Along thecorners of said catch-basin 17 are provided apertures 20, 20, and alongthe upper edge of said catch-basin at'the side which is farthest removedfrom the innersurface of the receptacle 10 is provided a transverseopening 21 protected by a grating consisting lect in said catch-basin.24 denotes a cover having its central portion dished and provided withapertures 25 25. At one of the edges of said cover are providedprojecting lugs 26 26 which are adapted to extend into recesses arrangedin the inner recessed edge of the flange 10 and at the opposite edge ofsaid cover 24 is provided a revoluble looking device consisting of astud 27 having a projection 28 at its lower end adapted to engage theundersideof a shoulder 29 at the inner edge of the flange 10 and at itsupper edge said stud is provided with a flat head 30 having aperturestherein (not seen) to receive a key or spanner whereby said lockingdevice may be rotated to secure or release said cover.

The operation of the device is obvious. It may be stated, however, thatthe fluid matter which enters the receptacle 10 through its perforatedcover passes into the" catch-basin 17 and issues initially through thelowermost of the apertures 20 20 arranged at the four corners of saidcatchbasin. When said catch-basin becomes filled, however, with solidmatter the fluid will thence pass over the top of said solid matterwhich may have collected therein and pass through the transverse opening21 near its upper" edge and thence downwardly into the space 19, andpasstinto the waste pipe or drain connected to the sleeve portion 13 atthe base of said outer receptacle.

It will be noted that in my improved construction it will be impossiblefor any fluid matter to collectuwithin the receptacle 10 or thecatch-basin 17 owing to the arrangement of the apertures therein, andthat when the same is filled with solid matter the fluid may still findits way through either the transverse opening 21 in the top thereof, orover the edge of the flange 18 and thence pass between the edge of theflange 18 and the inner wall of the receptacle. The space between theedge of the flange and the inner edge of the receptacle 10being verysmall will prevent any solid matter passing into the receptacle 10 orthe waste pipe leading therefrom.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent is:

1. Admin comprising a receptacle consisting of a body portion and areduced base portion, a flashing having an angular inner edge disposedabout said base portion, a collar surrounding said reduced base portionhaving its lower edge arranged substantially flush with the angular edgeof said flashing, and means for securing said collar and flashing tosaid receptacle, substantially as speci- 2. A drain comprising areceptacle consisting of a body portion and a reduced base portion, aflashing having an angular inner edge disposed about said reduced baseportion, a collar having a horizontal portion and a depending portionthereon, havroams? said collar having a horizontal end and inclinedportion depending therefrom, said depending portion having its loweredge arranged substantially flush with the angular edge of saidflashing, and means for securing the horizontal portion of said collaragainst the under side of the body portion of said receptacle andsecuring the angular edge of. said flashing against the inclined portionof saidreceptacle, substantially as 4;. 0A drain comprising an outerreceptacle, a shoulder on said receptacle, a flashing disposed aboutsaid outer receptacle, a collar arranged below said flashing, means forsecuring said flashing and collar against the shoulder on said outerreceptacle, an inner substantially closed receptacle open at its top andprovided with a laterally projecting flange, apertures at the verticaledges thereof, and a transverse opening extending across one side ofsaid inner receptacle adjacent to its upper edge, a series of vertical,parallel members extendin over said transverse opening, and hand esarranged opposite to each other upon the inner sides of said innerreceptacle, substantially as specified.

5. A drain comprising a rectangular outer receptacle consisting of abody portion and a reduced base portion, lugs provided upon the innersurface of said body portion above the reduced end thereof, a flashingdisposed about said reduced base portion, a collar arranged below saidflashing, screws extending through said collar'and flashing and intosaid body portion whereby to secure said flashing in position thereon,an inner receptacle corresponding in outline generally with said outerreceptacle, said inner receptacle being open at its top and providedwith a laterally-projecting flangerof uneven width whereby to supportsaid in ner receptacle within said outer receptacle nearer to one of theedges thereof, apertures arranged at the vertical edges of said innerreceptacle, a transverse opening arranged at one of the sides of saidinner receptacle farthest removed from the innersurface of said outerreceptacle, a series of vertical,

amass? 3 aperture therein, handles arranged upon ninth day of June,nineteen hundred and said inner receptacle, and a perforated covereight.

disposed within the open top of said outer GEORGE W. SCI-IODDJE.receptacle, substantially as specified. Witnesses; 5 Signed at the cityof New York, in the CONRAD A. DIETERIOH,

county and State of New York, this twenty- ANNIE R. ANGUS.

